Chemistry 454/554
Project- Paper
Select a narrow topic in instrumental analysis
Read and summarize one related paper in either
- Analytical Chemistry (Journal)
- Review of Scientific Instruments
Find several related references
- journals (see references in your paper)
- Web search
- Catalog or manufacturer's Literature
Write Report with proper documentation
- written material should summarize or explain; comment.
- Should not be similar to text book section
- cite (credit) sources
- All sources identified
- Not a cut and paste job
- if Web, provide full URL and description
Some suggestions--
1. Surface Plasmon Spectroscopy (the name is the worst part)
- start with Web search under "Surface Plasmon"
- TI (Texas Instruments) has a very good site
- A very sensitive biological probe
2. ATM or AFM Instrumentations
- try Burleigh Web site
- Rev of Scientific Instruments
- (for the past 8 years they have 10 design articles/yr); try their annual Dec index)
- Focus on either applications or on hardware
- AFM has been used for DNA imaging
3. Oxygen Probes
- electrochemical or fluorescence quenching
- (try OceanOptics web site)
4. Miniature Spectrometers (vis UV/ near IR/ Raman)
5. Quadrupole Ion Traps on Mass Spectrometers
6. MALDI and TOF Mass Spectrometers
- for large mol wt species,
- generally use
reflex type TOF instrument
- what is it, how does it work
7. Fiber Optics in spectroscopy
- role of bifurcated fibers
- coated probe tips, remote sensing
- fiber optics temperature probes
8. CO detectors
- sensors, how they work, what range
9. Sensors Used on Mars Spacecraft